The Afridigest Fintech Review is a weekly recap of what happened in African fintech.
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On to this week’s highlights:
• Six fintech deals announced for ~$22M in disclosed funding.
• Bain published an interesting report on the embedded finance value chain.
• Our Startup Spotlight returns — this week features Nigerian cross-border payments & currency swapping platform Cudium whose launch was featured in last week’s Fintech Review.
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